Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Falconet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Falconet \Fal"co*net\, n. [Dim. of falcon: cf. F. fauconneau,
LL. falconeta, properly, a young falcon.]
1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and
later.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus
{Microhierax}.
(b) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus
{Falcunculus}, resembling shrikes and titmice.
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